Is it too much to ask?
I really try not to air our dirty laundry on this blog, but I must ask: whattup with Doctor Dash setting the Christmas lights timer for midnight? Don’t get me wrong – I’m grateful he put the lights on the bushes and I’m grateful that he set them on a timer so we don’t have to tramp out there to plug them in every night. But midnight? MIDNIGHT? What are we, eighty? Last week Mister Lady Crow Call pulled around in front to drop us off after the British Advertising Awards (which, oh, were just so good this year!) and our house was all dark and sullen and depressing and sheepish. What a missed opportunity for a bit of picturesque holiday cheer, for a bit of razzle dazzle. Is it too much to ask for a just a little bit of razzle dazzle at the end of the night? I mean, doesn’t he read this blog? Wasn’t I just talking about how much I love Christmas lights? Do we not owe it to our neighbors and all passersby to be festive? I noted my objection right then and there and every day thereafter until he finally caved and moved the timer to – get this: one o’clock! Hooo boy! We are living LARGE people. It’s like Neverland Ranch over here. I’m back to my pestering, because I, unlike he, have faith that my fellow Minneapolitans do not always retire before one a.m. I, unlike he, believe that you all deserve a little late night razzle dazzle. So I’m working on three a.m. If I had my druthers, it would be four, but we all make little compromises.
December 10th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Wow, I’m really old. I’d say 11:30. Where do you get your energy? Throw some in this direction please!
December 12th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
My dear friend…empower yourself….walk out there and flip the timer switch…FEEL THE POWER!
December 12th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
That’s a man job.
December 13th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
That’s a woMAN job!
December 19th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Curioso. Seems that since the timer was extended to satisfy the fancy of a peevish mama, an electronic misfire has darkened our razzle and our dazzle. Kismet? Or, did the energy run out?
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